P31 Challenge: Day 10

10 days! that's a nice round number. That means that we are about half way through week 2, and I must say it's flying by!

Today Ira had a play date, and Mommy got a little social interaction out of it. It was nice to reach out a little and be somebody to talk to for someone who needed it.

I am so grateful for God's word and the freedom He brings through it. Sometimes we try to compartmentalize our Spirituality as just one part of our lives. Peace in life comes, though, when we apply God's reasoning to all areas.

I hope this study is helping. It sure is helping me.

I'm honestly super tired today! (Just being candid here.) Why don't we get down to it, yes?

¹⁹ In her hand she holds the distaff 

   and grasps the spindle with her fingers. 

I just had to google that. Don't judge me. 

All you really need to know is that it relates to spinning wool. 

So we already know she's a business woman. She makes a profit from her work. She works long hours to juggle it all. Now we learn that she makes her own stuff. We are going to go into this more in the next couple of days, but when I read this my immediate thought was "she's confident in her abilities." 

I don't know what her business is, but I think it's important to recognize that she is weaving/ sewing/ knitting things for her family. (You can read ahead a little, it relates.) proverbs 31

It seems to me that she is not concerned with simply trading her merchandise for someone else's, but rather supplying her family and community with necessities. I want to go back to the beginning of the chapter and draw attention to something. 

Check this out- 

³ Do not spend your strength^[a] on women, 

   your vigor on those who ruin kings.

 ⁴ It is not for kings, Lemuel—  not for rulers to crave beer, 

   it is not for kings to drink wine, 

⁵ lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. 


These are teachings directed at a young man, soon to become King. Teachings concerning what type of woman is fit to be a Queen, perhaps.

Any woman can cook or clean or take care of children, but these passages relate to a type of character that distinguishes her. This reference in verse 19 is not exception. She doesn't need to buy things from other vendors, she can make her own. That's her way of shining a little brighter than the average woman.

Here we see that we, who are in Christ, are Heirs. Heirs to the kingdom of God! That means Royalty!
Romans 8:17

Today's challenge is to do something above average. Maybe that's making an entire meal from scratch. Maybe treating your Hubby like a king. You know what you're capable of that you've consistently chosen not to do. Today- do it.

Princesses are entitled. Queens earn their place.
Lindsay